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Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) have issued a general procurement notice for the Addis Ababa Transmission and Distribution System Rehabilitation and Upgrading Project, which is being funded by a loan from the African Development Fund. EEU and EEP intend to start the tender process for project supervision and management services this month, with tenders for construction of transmission lines and substations in February 2018.

Ethiopia
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Delays in finalising Corbetti Geothermal Company’s plans to sell up to 500MW of geothermal power to Ethiopia Electric Power’s grid and hold-ups in major Kenyan schemes that seek to harness the Rift Valley’s huge resources have underlined the slow pace of projects harnessing energy from the earth’s core in eastern Africa. For all the efforts to develop independent power projects and the support of leading multilaterals and initiatives such as the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF), only the Olkaria complex in Kenya has been exploited so far on a large scale.

Ethiopia | Eritrea | Tanzania
Issue 356 - 27 October 2017

Ethiopia: EIB backs private equity fund

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) on 12 October said it would support private equity investment across Ethiopia with a $10m investment in the new $100m Cepheus Growth Capital Fund. The EIB said its participation represented its first backing for an Ethiopia-focused fund and one of the first engagements with a single country private equity fund in Africa. The investment was announced during a two-day visit to Addis Ababa by EIB vice-president Ambroise Fayolle.

Ethiopia
Issue 356 - 27 October 2017

Ethiopia: Enel takes Metehara contract

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A consortium led by Enel Green Power (EGP), the most high-profile of the five bidding groups, has been chosen as the preferred bidder for a 100MW Metehara solar photovoltaic independent power project (IPP), in the Oromia region some 200km east of Addis Ababa, the Italian company announced on 23 October. Enel bid with local infrastructure company Orchid Business Group to win out over Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, the Paris-based Meridiam-Solairedirect Consortium, The Building Energy SPA Consortium, and CCE Oasis Technology Corporation.

Ethiopia
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Progress towards drilling for steam by Corbetti Geothermal Company, the launch of tenders for the 100MW Metehara solar photovoltaic (PV) independent power project (IPP) and the World Bank Scaling Solar programme’s requests for developers to prequalify to install 250MW at two sites suggest that Ethiopia is accelerating efforts to diversify its hydro-dominated energy mix and move a key strategic sector onto a market footing. 
But members of the five developer groups waiting on the Metehara decision, and other potential investors attracted to Ethiopia’s status as one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, still complain that project implementation moves rather too slowly.

Ethiopia
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Significant progress is expected on several major independent power projects (IPPs) and other renewable energy schemes that will reduce Ethiopia’s dependence on hydroelectric power.Metehara Solar – a decision on which of the five preselected bidding groups for the 100MW photovoltaic (PV) IPP is said to be very close, with the project in the financial evaluation phase. The five groups include Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, the Paris-based Meridiam-Solairedirect consortium (which has also worked in Senegal), Italy’s Enel Green Power, Building Energy, and China’s CCE Oasis Technology Corporation.

Ethiopia
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Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) invites prequalification applications by 16 October from contractors for drilling services at the Dubti field in the Afar region for the first phase of the Tendaho geothermal power project. The contract, which will require the drilling of six shallow and two deep geothermal wells, is being financed by the Agence Française de Développement and the European Union Infrastructure Trust Fund. This project will be jointly implemented by EEP and the Geological Survey of Ethiopia through a project management unit.

Ethiopia
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Cluff Geothermal announced on 26 June that the company has been given the go-ahead to set up an initial meeting to start detailed negotiations on a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Fantale geothermal development. The approval followed a meeting between Cluff and Ethiopian Electric Power in June. The Fantale geothermal licence was awarded to Cluff in July 2015. The company has carried out surface studies and plans an initial 50MW development, followed by a 100MW second phase.

Ethiopia
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Speaking at the Africa Energy Forum in Copenhagen on 7-9 June, water, irrigation and electricity minister Seleshi Bekele said the winner of a tender to develop a 100MW solar photovoltaic (PV) scheme at Metehara would be announced by the end of June. Bekele said that more than 60 bids were submitted, with five shortlisted. A second tender for a 100MW solar PV facility is expected to be issued in September and developers have expressed enthusiasm for the procurement programme.

Ethiopia
Issue 348 - 16 June 2017

Ethiopia: Koysha dam tender

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Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has invited expressions of interest by 20 June from consultants for engineering, procurement and construction contract management services for the 2,200MW Koysha hydroelectric project on the Omo River. The scope of work includes engineering services for the project throughout the 63-month contract period and 12-month defect liability period, working with the client’s project office.

Ethiopia
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Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) is inviting bids by 30 June for the design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of three substations and a new transmission line in the north-west of the country. The contract will involve the extension of the 132kV line bay at the Beles Sugar Factory substation, a new 132/33/15kV Pawei substation and 132/33-kV Bullen substation, and 132kV transmission lines from the Beles Sugar Factory through Pawei to Bullen.

Ethiopia
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Ethiopian authorities say they have averted a planned armed attack on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project under construction on the Blue Nile near the Sudanese border. Deputy government spokesman Zadig Abrha told the state-owned Fana Broadcasting Corporation on 1 March that 20 members of the Benishangul Gumuz People’s Liberation Movement (BPLM) had been apprehended as they were heading for the dam site.

Ethiopia | Eritrea
Issue 338 - 19 January 2017

Ethiopia: Aba Samuel rehabilitation

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Operation of Ethiopia’s oldest hydropower plant was handed back to state power utility Ethiopia Electric Power in mid-December following the completion of a two-year Chinese-led rehabilitation. An official handing-over ceremony was held on 15 December in the presence of minister of finance and economic cooperation Abraham Tekeste and Chinese ambassador La Yifan. The 6.6MW Aba Samuel plant on the Akaki River in the Awash river basin near Addis Ababa was rehabilitated by PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation under an engineering, procurement and construction contract, with grant financing of Y95m ($14m) from the government of China, according to a statement by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation.

Ethiopia
Issue 337 - 22 December 2016

Ethiopia: Gibe III inaugurated

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Ethiopia on 16 December formally inaugurated the 1,870MW Gibe III hydro-electric plant on the Oromo River. The 234-metre dam, Africa’s tallest, was built by Italy’s Salini Impregilo, which signed a contract for the project in 2006, but construction was delayed by problems securing funding, until Industrial and Commercial Bank of China stepped in to provide 60% of the €1.5bn ($1.56bn) cost, while the balance was covered by the Ethiopian government. Electrical and electromechanical equipment was provided by Dongfang Electric Corporation. The first turbines started generation in October 2015.

Ethiopia
Issue 335 - 24 November 2016

Ethiopia: New ministers

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Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn has named Sileshi Bekele as new minister of water, irrigation and electricity. An ethnic Oromo with a background in hydraulics, he had recently been working with the Ethiopian embassy in New York in rallying diaspora Ethiopians to mobilise support for science and maths education in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian News Agency said. He was previously a lecturer and dean at Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, and worked for several international water resources organisations. Motuma Mekassa, the previous minister, has moved to the Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Resources.

Ethiopia